Can we not knock him?
England have an impeccable record at qualifying for tournaments. For those tournaments that include 16 or more teams, England have only failed to qualify for 4 tournaments. The 1974 and 1978 World Cups in a tumultuous time for English football was followed by the likes of Graham Taylor and Steve McClaren in 1994 and 2008. Today, we’ll take a look at England’s failures under Taylor, where they failed to qualify ahead of Norway and the Netherlands.
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Narrated, Written and Edited by Jake Doyle (@jakedoyle93)
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